Icebreaker Questions for Kids

How to play

1. Draw a question and give the first person a minute. Answers can be a word or a story.
2. For big groups and video calls, pick Quick questions and go around fast; for small groups, try Medium or Deeper.
3. Anyone can pass. A good icebreaker never puts someone on the spot.

All 75 questions

1. Show us one object within arm's reach and tell us its story
2. What's your favorite thing about the season we're in right now
3. What's a job you'd love to try for just one day
4. What's a weird food combination you secretly love
5. If animals could talk, which one would be the rudest
6. If you were a kitchen appliance, which one would you be
7. If you could rename any animal, which one and what would you call it
8. What would be the worst superpower to have
9. What's the corniest joke you know by heart
10. What's the best name you've ever heard for a pet
11. What's a sport that should exist but doesn't? Make up a rule
12. What's the most useless invention you can think of
13. What's your favorite color right now
14. What's your favorite pizza topping
15. What's your favorite board game, card game, or video game
16. What's a word you just love saying
17. What's one thing that always makes you smile
18. Cats, dogs, or some other animal: which is your favorite
19. What's your dream breakfast
20. What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy day
21. What's something you've made that you're proud of
22. What's a fictional place you'd love to visit
23. What's something you collect, or used to collect
24. What's a language you'd love to speak, and why
25. What's your favorite way to spend time outside
26. If you could watch any moment in history happen, which would you pick
27. What invention do you wish existed
28. What's a question you've always wanted to know the answer to
29. If you could have any animal as a sidekick, which would you choose
30. If you could invent a brand-new holiday, what would it celebrate
31. What's the best thing you learned this week
32. If you could have any superpower, what would it be
33. What would you name a new planet
34. If you could invent a new ice cream flavor, what would be in it
35. Who's your favorite character from a book
36. If you could live inside any cartoon, book, or game for a day, which would you pick
37. What do you want to be when you grow up
38. If you could ask an animal one question, what would you ask
39. What's the best game to play at recess
40. If you were in charge of the school for a day, what would you change
41. What's something you're good at
42. If you shrank to the size of an ant, where would you go exploring
43. If you had a robot helper, what job would you give it first
44. What's the funniest thing you've ever seen an animal do
45. What's a food you didn't like at first but love now
46. What would you put in a time capsule for kids 50 years from now
47. If you had a giant wall to paint, what would you paint on it
48. If you had a treehouse, what would be inside it
49. What's the best dream you can remember
50. If you could make one new rule that everyone had to follow, what would it be
51. What's the best field trip you've been on, or one you'd love to go on
52. What's the most interesting bug or animal you've seen up close
53. If you could fly anywhere for a day, where would you go
54. What's a game you made up
55. If you got to be the teacher for a day, what would you teach
56. What's your favorite thing about our class or group
57. If your shoes could talk, what would they say
58. What's something that makes you feel brave
59. What's one question you'd ask an astronaut
60. What would you name a dragon
61. If you could combine two animals, what would you make
62. What's something kind someone did for you this week
63. If you could make any toy come to life, which one would it be
64. What's your favorite song to sing along to
65. If you could grow anything in a garden, even things that don't exist, what would you grow
66. What's a job you'd invent if it didn't exist yet
67. What's the best thing about today so far
68. What's something you'd like to learn how to do this year
69. If you could have a pet dinosaur, which kind would you pick
70. What would your superhero name be
71. Show us the most colorful thing you can reach right now
72. What's your favorite thing about winter
73. What's a winter activity you love, even if it's just staying in
74. What would be on the menu at your perfect winter feast
75. If you had to decorate a whole street for the holidays, what would your theme be

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